{"id":16520,"date":"2021-02-09T15:22:38","date_gmt":"2021-02-09T15:22:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/?p=16520"},"modified":"2021-02-09T15:32:48","modified_gmt":"2021-02-09T15:32:48","slug":"5-maria-montessori-quotes-that-encourage-independence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/2021\/02\/5-maria-montessori-quotes-that-encourage-independence","title":{"rendered":"5 Maria Montessori Quotes That Encourage Independence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<script>\n      var noskimlinks= 'true';\n   <\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m not sure when I first came across Maria Montessori and her education approach but it was long before I had my little boy. I imagine it was through my auntie as she&#8217;s always had a keen interest in various education methods. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I thought it seemed a very natural and intuitive approach to learning and life and knew that once I had my own children I&#8217;d be keen to implement some of the methods into our everyday life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1365\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Melissa-Doug-Hammer-Bench-Wooden-Toy-Montessori-Prettygreentea-1024x1365.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16544\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Melissa-Doug-Hammer-Bench-Wooden-Toy-Montessori-Prettygreentea-1024x1365.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Melissa-Doug-Hammer-Bench-Wooden-Toy-Montessori-Prettygreentea-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Melissa-Doug-Hammer-Bench-Wooden-Toy-Montessori-Prettygreentea-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Melissa-Doug-Hammer-Bench-Wooden-Toy-Montessori-Prettygreentea-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Melissa-Doug-Hammer-Bench-Wooden-Toy-Montessori-Prettygreentea-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Melissa-Doug-Hammer-Bench-Wooden-Toy-Montessori-Prettygreentea-370x493.jpg 370w, https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Melissa-Doug-Hammer-Bench-Wooden-Toy-Montessori-Prettygreentea-570x760.jpg 570w, https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Melissa-Doug-Hammer-Bench-Wooden-Toy-Montessori-Prettygreentea-770x1027.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Melissa-Doug-Hammer-Bench-Wooden-Toy-Montessori-Prettygreentea-1170x1560.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Melissa-Doug-Hammer-Bench-Wooden-Toy-Montessori-Prettygreentea-435x580.jpg 435w, https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Melissa-Doug-Hammer-Bench-Wooden-Toy-Montessori-Prettygreentea-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/category\/pregnancy\">my little boy was born<\/a> I&#8217;ve started to read more and more about the Montessori way of life, along with other education methods. A lot of what I do with X is inspired by Maria Montessori. We don&#8217;t follow everything but we take what works for us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;d like to write more about the recent interest I&#8217;ve taken into education and more about how we implement Montessori into our home life but that will come in another post. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There&#8217;s a lot to talk about when it comes to Montessori education. But for those of you who are new to it, Montessori focuses on encouraging <em><strong>independence, freedom within limits and respect for a child&#8217;s natural psychological, physical and social development<\/strong><\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The idea is that children <em><strong>learn best by doing<\/strong><\/em> and this helps to cultivate <em><strong>happy, confident and self-motivated individuals<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3p5pw6m\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"901\" height=\"1600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/The-Montessori-Toddler.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16547\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/The-Montessori-Toddler.jpg 901w, https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/The-Montessori-Toddler-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/The-Montessori-Toddler-768x1364.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/The-Montessori-Toddler-865x1536.jpg 865w, https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/The-Montessori-Toddler-370x657.jpg 370w, https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/The-Montessori-Toddler-570x1012.jpg 570w, https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/The-Montessori-Toddler-770x1367.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/The-Montessori-Toddler-327x580.jpg 327w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 901px) 100vw, 901px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As I mentioned, there&#8217;s a lot more to it. If you&#8217;re interested in reading more about Maria Montessori and her education method then there are lots of brilliant books out there. I&#8217;m currently reading <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3p5pw6m\">The Montessori Toddler by Simone Davies<\/a> which I highly rate for anyone with small children or who simply want to learn more about the Montessori way of life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1365\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Montessi-busy-board-buckles-1024x1365.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16545\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Montessi-busy-board-buckles-1024x1365.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Montessi-busy-board-buckles-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Montessi-busy-board-buckles-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Montessi-busy-board-buckles-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Montessi-busy-board-buckles-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Montessi-busy-board-buckles-370x493.jpg 370w, https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Montessi-busy-board-buckles-570x760.jpg 570w, https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Montessi-busy-board-buckles-770x1027.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Montessi-busy-board-buckles-1170x1560.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Montessi-busy-board-buckles-435x580.jpg 435w, https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Montessi-busy-board-buckles-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">5 Maria Montessori quotes that encourage independence in children. <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Never help a child with a task at which he feels he can succeed&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Play is the work for the child&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Help&nbsp;me&nbsp;to do it myself&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;What the hand does the mind remembers&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Let the child be free; encourage them; let them run outside when it is raining, let them remove their shoes when they find a puddle of water.&nbsp;The goal of early childhood education should be to activate the child\u2019s own desire to learn&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m not sure when I first came across Maria Montessori and her education approach but it was long before I had my little boy&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16546,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1417],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16520"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16520"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16520\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16549,"href":"https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16520\/revisions\/16549"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}